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US 2010/0074786 A1Published application
Indexed positive displacement rotary motion device
AssigneeExponential Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAlejandro Juan, Curtis Patterson, Krisjan Gottfried, Soheil Farshchian
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Abstract
An indexing system for a rotor assembly where the indexing system can regulate the rotational location of drive rotors that are configured to rotate about a shaft in one form.
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A rotor assembly comprising first and second rotors having first and second center axes that are offset from co-linear, the rotor assembly comprising:
- a) a pair of drive rotors comprising first and second rotors each rotor comprising one or more lobes, the lobes having offset engagement services configured to engage lobe tips of the opposing rotor, the offset engagement surfaces being formed by a reference axis fixed to the center axis of the opposing rotor and rotating the reference axis with respect to the center axis of the offset surface whereas the distance from the reference axis to form the engagement tip of the opposing rotor plus the distance of a prescribed gap distance or interference fit determines the location of the offset surface,
- b) a through shaft passing through the drive rotors, the through shaft having a center portion in part defining a portion of a sphere, the drive rotors each having an interior portion forming a portion of a concave spherical surface operatively configured to engage the center portion of the through shaft,
- c) an indexing system wherein an index offset surface is positioned on the first rotor, an indexer surface mounted to the through shaft where the indexer surface is positioned so as to engage the index offset surface of the first rotor as the first rotor rotates with the through shaft having a center of rotation which is not co-linear as to the center of rotation of the through shaft.
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A device to convert energy comprising:
- a) a pair of drive rotors comprising first and second drive rotors operatively configured to have extended lobes engaging a bucket region defined by two adjacent lobes of the opposing rotor, each of the drive rotors having a forward location and a rearward location wherein rearward locations of the drive rotors are spaced further from one another than the spacing of the forward locations of the drive rotors, the first drive rotor having an index offset surface;
- b) an indexing system comprising an indexing housing having a plurality of indexer surfaces, the indexer surfaces operatively configured to engage the index offset surface of the first drive rotor;
- c) a power shaft whereby the index housing is attached to the drive shaft and configured to house the index surfaces therein.
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